TamilNet 9/18/97 Report


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source:news@tamilnet.com  Thu Sep 18 06:27:28 1997

TamilNet has filed following news report today.
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http://www.tamilnet.com/reports/97/09/1801.html
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Lies, damn lies and body counts
[TamilNet, September 18, 1997]
[Part 2]

The playing down of its own casualty figures is an important facet of
the Sri Lankan government's  manipulation of combat news. Typically,
the losses are reduced or simply not reported. This is deemed
preferable to accepting the deaths and the resultant impact on public
morale (and any further drop in the numbers of recruits joining the
armed forces).

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